Thesaurus: zone

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1. n. A girdle; a cincture.
2. n. One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.
3. n. The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis.
4. n. A band or stripe extending around a body.
5. n. A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.
6. n. A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
7. n. Circuit; circumference.
8. v. t. To girdle; to encircle.
9. n. a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
10. n. any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
11. n. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
12. n. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure